Customer Reviews

Maestro: Notes of Life
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5
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FIRST CLASS! A MUST-PLAY GAME !!
This is an extremely interesting game! ...as the first Maestro !!! The cutscene at the beginning already encouraging to continue ... the little boy is so sad that you really want to help him to find Alice, his sister.
I was touched with his sorrowful voice and concerned eyes.
You feel inside the very good storyline! Realistic characters, like real people.
Graphics are impressive, song is spectacular, atmosphere is immersive.
HOS are not really challenging, but interactive and entertaining.
A lot of new and differents mini games. Some challenging, some very easy.
I had already played and loved the CE, and now I will buy the SE.
Super recommend !!
February 10, 2012

A great follow up game
I enjoyed the first Maesto and I loved this one just as much. It was long and challenging enough with a good balance of HOS and puzzles.
I would have liked to have a map and some sort of indication at the various locations once they were complete to save a lot of running around looking where to use things in the inventory, some of which you carry around for quite some time before you use them. You need quite a good memory in this game if you want to play without using the hint button, which thankfully tells you if there is nothing to do in a scene. I had to use the hint button quite a bit because I couldn't remember where certain things were, once I found the item to use on them. Getting old I guess. lol.
Other than that, it's brilliant!
February 15, 2012

Just as good as the first
This sequel is just as good as the first which I really enjoyed. The HO scenes aren't difficult and lean towards being too easy but do have some interactivity which makes up for that. The storyline is pretty much the same as the first game and the music/graphics/voiceovers are all up to par. The mini-games/puzzles aren't difficult and the tasks are pretty straightforward. As soon as an item enters your inventory you pretty much have use for it straight away. There is no map but I don't think it is necessary and I never use them anyway unless absolutely stuck. There is a journal but I can't comment on that because again I never refer to them unless necessary. I cannot comment on the hint recharge time. All in all a nice pleasant game which is not overly taxing. I think this would be a brill starter game for anyone not used to this genre of game.
February 10, 2012

This game is AWESOME!! (Can you feel my joy?)
This game is totally awesome which is typical of an ERS game.
-Great storylines -most of the time you're a detective looking for a missing person, this game is no exception.
-Great graphics -so much that I usually get the CE of their games so I can get screensavers. The dragon oven from the first Maestro is so cool.
-Spectacular music -another reason I get the CE. You get to download snippets of the soundtrack.
-Tough HO scenes and last but not least, the
-Gameplay. Always great, but this time its fantastic! I chose expert setting. It lengthens the charge of the hint button and eliminates the obvious sparkles that indicate active areas. ERS took this setting to the next level by also eliminating what they called the 'black bar hints'. These are the captions you normally see when an active scene is selected. For example, you see a suspicious mound of dirt in a field and click on it. The game zooms in. You click again and your character says something like "I don't want to get my hands dirty. There must be a shovel nearby." In Maestro: the Notes of Life, the elimination of these black bar hints made it especially challenging and super fun. I had no clue why I was zooming in and had to think of multiple possibilities considering my inventory -or lack thereof- to satisfy the active zone.
If you're looking for a challenge or just looking for a great game, this and all the other ERS games should be your first stop. Series like Haunted Halls, Shadow Wolf Mysteries, Puppetshow and Redemption Cemetary. And games like Grim Facade, Spirits of Mystery: Amber Maiden, Haunted Legends: Queen of Spades and my personal favorite Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat. If you subscribe to their newsletter, ERS will email you whenever they have a new game release. Happy HO hunting!
March 23, 2012

GREAT GAME, AN ABSOLUTE MUST PLAY!!
I played the CE version of this game and was hooked within 15 minutes. Good graphics and sound, loved the hidden objects which were not too dificult to find and the puzzles were not too challenging even on expert mode. If you like 'hidden objects' and puzzles, this is definately one for you!
February 11, 2012

Great Sequel!
If you enjoyed the first Maestro game, you'll enjoy this one as well. The plot is grim but there's nothing really scary or gory. Okay, I thought the snake was kind of scary. Don't touch it!
A young girl is taken and forced to play violin in order to open a portal for other worldly creatures to enter from.
Graphics: Very nice. Well done. Similar to the first.
Music: The music appears to be the same as the first game. Or very very similar.
Length: This is a looooong game. Took me several hours to play. I did not skip any puzzles and rarely used the hint to find objects in scenes. There are a lot of HO scenes in this game. You'll visit each of them twice.
Story: Kept me interested. It's pretty similar to the first game; with a child being held captive and forced to play deadly violin music. I like how some of the scary things interact when you touch them (ie the snake).
Challenge: The puzzles are not too challenging, you probably won't need a walk through. And if all else fails just clicking around will generally solve most of them. I'd say the puzzles are intermediate in challenge. Also, the HO scenes weren't impossibly hidden or too dark.
Play again?: Oh definitely! I'll be playing the first one again and then this one for sure.
Final Score: A
March 5, 2012

One of my top 25
Great theme, different puzzle themes, & just enough of a challenge. What's not to like!
February 12, 2012

Great Game
I play this game by looking at the reviews. The reviews do not lie. Great game and fun to play. Liked it so much I purchased the other one. You will not be disapointed.
August 5, 2012

One of the Better Games Out There
I liked the first game of this series and was hoping this one would be as good. In my opinion, it was better!
Graphics: 5 stars
Music and Sound: 5 stars
Hidden Object Games: 5 stars
The right amount of them and ideal difficulty level
Easy to see graphics to be able to spot items
Storyline: 5 stars
Continues from the first game
Mini-games: 5 stars
This is where I used the walk-through blog. The
games were challenging--and I don't like to
skip them. I'd rather have them somewhat
challenging than too easy!
Length-of-game: 5 stars
Journal: 5 stars
The journal is helpful to use for some of the
mini-games. It also added to the storyline
of the game.
Map: There isn't any map. I didn't miss it as there is
a logical path through the areas. As I said
before, you do not have to backtrack
through most of the areas. The ones that do
require backtracking do not make you travel
through all of the areas--just a few.
There were so many new areas that kept opening to explore that I didn't get bored. Most of the time you use the objects you find fairly quickly. There were only a few areas that you had to backtrack to quite often--the rest of them were finished quickly and you could backtrack if you wanted but it was not necessary.
I loved the game and I am looking forward to playing the next game in the series: "Maestro: Music from the Void." I bought the C.E. edition of that one so I could have the in game strategy guide.
February 2, 2013

Pleasant HO game...wasn't horrifying!
Liked the fact there was no blood & guts! Did'nt have to go back and forth dozens of times to resolve a situation.
February 18, 2012